He’d just received the call he’d been awaiting for a month and three days while staying at his sister’s house in Forney.

After his 23-year-old son Josh was slain in the spring, Lindsay drove his son’s ashes back to his home in Cape Girardeau, Mo. But in July, he moved to Forney to help his sister fix up her home and to try to take his mind off his grief.

He left Josh’s ashes behind.

A few days into his stay, he decided to have Josh’s ashes sent to Texas. But part of the package arrived Aug. 1 without the ashes, setting off a huge search by the U.S. Postal Service.

The remains were found Wednesday at the Mail Recovery Center in Atlanta.